Category Archives: Work Life Integration

Don’t lose the family in the headlines about the State of the Union

By Ellen Galinsky | Published: January 27, 2010
Cross-posted from Huffington Post: In listening to the political commentators prepare for the State of the Union Address tonight, most of them are telling the President that he must reframe the discussion, have courage, and focus on jobs, jobs, jobs. I think that the President is doing something quite courageous that SADLY may be missed in the [...]
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Research highlights from Working Mother Congress 2009

By Carol Bryce Buchanan | Published: January 4, 2010
On December 15th, FWI hosted an “encore” of the research panel “New Results/Next Steps” convened for the 2009 Working Mother WorkLife Congress. The panel gives an excellent perspective on why flexible work options are so important to companies and employees. You can download the presentation here, or listen to a podcast of the call. We were [...]
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Relaunching your career: notes from the iRelaunch Forum

By Carol Bryce Buchanan | Published: November 11, 2009
On October 29th, I represented the Families and Work Institute at the Career Relaunch Forum at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. I am a relauncher myself, having returned to work after a 14 year hiatus raising my children and organizing community programs, so the Forum was of particular interest to me. I wish these [...]
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Live blogging the Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation

By Morra | Published: October 19, 2009
Maria Shriver, working with the Center for American Progress, release the Shriver Report, subtitled, “A Woman’s Nation.” I participated in a conference call with Shriver and John Podesta, head of the Center for American Progress. The report stems from the finding that women are now, as Gloria Steinem put it, “Now that women are half of [...]
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Ellen on CBS Evening News tonight (10/16)

By Ellen Galinsky | Published: October 16, 2009
I have been interviewed for a piece that will air tonight on the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric (Friday, October 16th from 6:30 to 7:00 PM, pending breaking news.) The piece discusses the impact of the recession on women’s and men’s roles at work and at home—especially when men lose their jobs and women [...]
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Sex, Love and Labor Statistics

By FWIGuest | Published: October 5, 2009
This is a guest post from Sharon Meers, co-author of Getting to 50-50. Visit Sharon’s blog here. On NPR this week, I was asked if there’s any good in the new statistics showing that women now outnumber men in the work force.  Maybe.   If it lets us embrace women as breadwinners, I said, that would [...]
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What a week for work life discussion

By ksakai | Published: September 29, 2009
Last week, Families and Work Institute released a new report, State of Health in the American Workforce. The report presents findings by wage level and gender and finds that effective workplaces contribute to positive health, but the overall trend in health of employed American workers is going downward in a number of important areas.  Bloggers [...]
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Wellness: It’s everyone’s responsibility

By Ellen Galinsky | Published: September 22, 2009
Cross posted from the Huffington Post: No matter what your position is on the health care debate, almost everyone seems to agree that the path we are on is an untenable route to increasing costs and diminishing returns. New data show American workers are getting less healthy each year, and this obviously will increase health care [...]
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It’s National Work and Family Month

By Morra | Published: September 21, 2009
Well, starting October 1 it is! This year, employees are encouraged to strike a balance by talking to their managers about a flexible work arrangement. Use October as a time to try telework, condense a workweek, join a wellness program or organize a workplace volunteer activity. Check out Corporate Voices for Working Families‘ post linking to a [...]
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On Lisa Leslie: Do Pro-Athletes Need to Think About Work Life Fit?

By Morra | Published: August 26, 2009
Lisa Leslie, the most famous star in the WNBA, is retiring.  The headline in Tuesday’s New York Times piece notes that at 37, Leslie “decided to retire after playing this season, saying it was difficult to balance being an athlete, wife and mother.” “I love being a mom,” said Leslie, whose mother, Christine, drove a truck [...]
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